Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant mentioned: >> They're not and at one time the "real old time >> photographers" looked for "bubbles" in the glass of a lens, as that was >> a mark of a better lens. In reponse, Chris Lee jotted down the following: > How can a bubble in a lens improve image quality? Ah, but he didn't say that it improved image quality. He said it was seen as a mark of a better lens. Much like the red dot is the mark of a better camera body, I imagine. Doesn't necessarily improve image quality ;) M. - -- Martin Howard | Armored with good intentions and Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | ignorance, one is impregnable to email: howard.390@osu.edu | learning. www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------